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How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by toomuchtodo »

jenn wrote: post #11
grobertson wrote: post #10

"I’m excited to see what Apple has in store at WWDC though. Maybe something even slimmer?" I'm going to sound like a grumpy old man saying this, and maybe I am. Please, dear god, stop this war on thickness. I want my ports back.

Totally agree. I was super excited to upgrade but I'm not sold on the lack of ports + touch bar. Might wait to see what they do with the bitty MacBook. If not, this MBAir and I are together until the death!

Luckily for our kind, the refurb market for older Mac laptops should be flush for at least the next 10-15 years.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by joshuanguyen »

wyclif wrote: post #14
jenn wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely helps! Though I do know a fair number of people who do this WITH kids which blows my mind. Glad the Karma tip was useful!

I work remote with kids in tow. We have one so far.

would love to hear more - what kind of work, what is home base like, how does the kid socialize, what age did you consider, how do friends come and go... I'm thinking hard about this.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by jenn »

bogomipz wrote: post #26

I agree with the author that the T-Mobile simple choice plan works as advertised. They only guarantee 2G but I have almost never seen that. The slowest has been 3G and in my places in the EU are LTE speeds.

They had a 4G promotion in Europe over the summer which was FANTASTIC. I didn't realize how slow 2G felt until I had 4G back. Another reason I switched to Google Fi.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by wyclif »

joshuanguyen wrote: post #32
wyclif wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work remote with kids in tow. We have one so far.

would love to hear more - what kind of work, what is home base like, how does the kid socialize, what age did you consider, how do friends come and go... I'm thinking hard about this.

Web development. Home base has fiber internet and wifi. But I work anywhere where there's wifi, which more and more scuba dive resorts around here have. I'm not a big diver, I've done scuba and snorkeling a lot, but my family prefers island-hopping.

Socialization of kids is a uniquely Western obsession, I think— not an issue here because it's a child-friendly culture with lots of social interaction. The average age in the Philippines is 22, much lower than in the US, UK, or Canada. That means there are children everywhere here my son makes friends easily.

As far as our friends go, we meet up with people wherever we happen to be. Sometimes we're in a place where we don't know anybody, but then we just beach bum around when not working.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by tluyben2 »

jenn wrote: post #22
junto wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you manage the legalities, work visas etc. Many countries are quite strict about entering the country depending on whether you are entering for work or pleasure purposes.

I haven't used work visas anywhere. I'm not going to the country for the purpose of work. I'm there as a tourist and do work while I'm there. Not typically engaging in any business transactions within the country.

If I tell that story at the US border there is a good chance I have to turn around if I may believe reality tv and comments here which is why I go to the US strictly for vacation (usually not even taking a laptop). Is that just paranoia or?

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by kiallmacinnes »

reconx wrote: post #23

Has anyone managed to pull off remote work while in a corp job?

I've worked remotely for HP going on 4 years now, I'm based in Ireland with 2 other also remote team members. Our groups "HQ" is Seattle, so it's about as bad a timezone difference as possible while keeping at least 1hr crossover.

My manager is also in Seattle, along with our entire reporting chain being US based.

It's worked brilliantly. Our group is probably an outlier though, as we have people scattered all over world, and for most of my time here, we've been focused on open source projects like OpenStack and Cloud Foundry.

In short - yes, even mega corps can handle remote workers.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by tenpies »

grobertson wrote: post #10

"I’m excited to see what Apple has in store at WWDC though. Maybe something even slimmer?" I'm going to sound like a grumpy old man saying this, and maybe I am. Please, dear god, stop this war on thickness. I want my ports back.

And battery. Some of us don't like being plugged in, especially now that the power adapter is back to it's MBP-propelling design.

Re: How I Work from Anywhere in the World

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Post by exidy »

theparanoid wrote: post #8

Starting out I'd work anywhere in the world. Now only North America & Australia (Sydney/Melbourne is 5 hrs difference from west coast US). The remote options are better than local except in SF, LA, & Seattle.

4-5 hours total, sure, but it's actually a 17-18 hour difference if you care about weekdays vs weekend!
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